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BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military early Thursday pounded Lebanon’s fourth largest city, killing at least eight people in its ongoing military escalation against the Hezbollah group ahead of crucial talks in Washington. Several others were injured in the strikes, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. An Israeli soldier meanwhile in northern Israel was killed in a Hezbollah drone attack, the military said. The intensification comes after Israeli Prime […]

LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) – The dollar will likely weaken over the long-term given concerns over elevated U.S. debt levels, the EMEA CEO of JPMorgan Asset Management said on Thursday. The dollar, the world’s No.1 reserve currency, has risen roughly 1.8% since the start of the Iran war in late February given its safe-haven credentials. “The hegemony of the U.S. Treasury is still alive and well…but we look at the […]

By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander UPPSALA, Sweden, May 28 (Reuters) – Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Sweden on Thursday, the government said, and a source told Reuters they will announce news related to Gripen fighter jets. Kristersson and Zelenskiy signed a letter of intent last year that could see Sweden sell up to 150 of its Saab Gripen model E fighter jets […]

MANILA, May 28 (Reuters) – A Philippine senator and son of a former president could soon face arrest after an anti-graft body charged him on Thursday of receiving illicit payouts in an infrastructure scandal that has slowed economic growth and hammered consumer and investor confidence.  The Office of the Ombudsman said Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has been indicted for plunder and violating anti-corruption laws after he earned “kickbacks” amounting to […]

SYDNEY, May 28 (Reuters) – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has appointed a senior Reuters executive, Simon Robinson, as its director of news and current affairs, the two news organisations said on Thursday. Robinson, now executive editor at Reuters, will start with the Australian public broadcaster in September, ABC Managing Director Hugh Marks said in a statement released on the ABC’s website. A London-based Australian national, Robinson replaces Justin Stevens, who […]

By Yi-Chin Lee and Ann Wang KEELUNG, Taiwan, May 28 (Reuters) – A new ferry service to serve booming tourism between Taiwan and Japan began on Thursday on a ship that could be pressed into service to evacuate people on southern Japanese islands in the event of a war in the region. The Yaima Maru is one of the ships that Japan’s government this year put on a list of […]

May 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv remains open, it said on Thursday, denying reports about changes to its operations following warnings from Russia that diplomats and foreigners should leave the Ukrainian capital before it escalated attacks. Some Ukrainian media on Thursday cited remarks by European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas that the U.S. embassy had left the capital. Kallas told reporters on the sidelines of an […]

MORENO, Argentina (AP) — Analía Celis, a 34-year-old with intellectual disability and cerebral palsy, cannot walk, but sports therapy eased her taut muscles. She cannot work, but baking gave her a sense of independence. She struggles to speak, but painting with her peers helped her connect without words. Now President Javier Milei of Argentina has taken his signature chain saw to these specialized therapy programs that for decades have represented […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia is suing U.S. conglomerate 3M for more than 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) over so-called “forever chemical” contamination from firefighting foam at defense bases. the government said on Thursday. The government’s largest-ever claim for compensation relates to contamination with per- and polyfluoroaklyl substances, known as PFAS, at 28 bases. Human-made PFAS are commonly referred to as “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down naturally. […]